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The mountainous hills of Western North Carolina are welcoming athletes of a growing and dangerous sport -- downhill skateboarding.

While most contestants portray the older, white-bearded Ernest Hemingway in the Sloppy Joe's event, Chris Dutton embodied the younger writer who lived and worked in Key West during the 1930s.

The Texas legislature meets on Monday to focus on disaster relief after the deadly floods, but it's also considering President Trump's request to redraw the lines of Congressional districts.

Sleepover camps are seen as an American tradition. But the deaths of so many children at Camp Mystic during the Texas floods have led some parents to question the safety of the camps.

Five firefighters have died battling wildfires in the past six weeks, raising questions about how stretched firefighting resources are in a season that is expected to be both long and severe.

Voters in St. Louis will head to the polls Tuesday for a high-profile Democratic congressional primary that pits incumbent Congressman Wesley Bell against former Congresswoman Cori Bush.

Nearly a week after election day, Xavier Becerra, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, will face Republican Steve Hilton in the California's race for governor.

The alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner appeared in court Monday for his arraignment, where he faced charges of attempted assassination of the president, among others.

Keeping a museum's temperature and humidity constant -- rain or shine, all year long -- takes a massive amount of energy, and it's expensive. But some museums have a solution.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Reece Rogers of WIRED about a new wave of data collection marketplaces, where users can sell their videos of everyday tasks to AI developers.

It Takes Two rapper Rob Base died at 59 after a battle with cancer. His music, made with his childhood friend DJ E-Z Rock, filled dancefloors.

Tuesday's primaries were a mixed bag for progressive Democratic candidates, particularly in Florida, a state that has been trending toward the right in recent years.

Florida Democrats sort out candidates after a Republican redistricting displaced incumbents; Alaska's all-in-one primaries set the field for what may be a close race for a Republican-held Senate seat.

The U.S. labor market went into reverse last month, as employers cut 23,000 jobs. Job gains for May and June were also revised downward.

The Labor Department offered an update Friday morning on the U.S. jobs market. After lackluster hiring in June, forecasters had expected the report to show a modest pickup in July.

New reporting contradicts what the White House told the press traveling with the president during a recent trip to Turkey.

Gianni Infantino is facing intense heat over a failed plan to privatize the World Cup. He is a lawyer who rose to the pinnacle of soccer and is now trying to hold onto his job.

A Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he refused to answer questions about his handling of the covid pandemic. Chairman Rand Paul plans to refer the case to the DOJ.

The Trump Administration has released a two-year operating plan for the Colorado River. Arizona, California and Nevada are expected to cut their water use from the river.

President Trump announced this week that the U.S. will be imposing the "most crushing economic operation" against Iran.

A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels.

President Trump is under pressure internationally and domestically as the year's primary elections near an end.

A corn dog may look like lunch. But to an economist, the price is a bigger story about food prices and inflation.

People have been avoiding lettuce this summer. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel, who says we really should just skip the lettuce, permanently.

We discuss the big political questions heading into the new year, including who will control Congress.